“At my insistence due to serious safety violations, NRIC dismissed 8 people to date”, said Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov, BGNES reported.
According to him, the rules for railway traffic safety were violated repeatedly and daily.
”Passing a red traffic light from an exception has been turned into a rule”, Karadjov also said and announced the improvement of safety as a key priority.
The Transport Minister's team will organize emergency meetings due to the severely delayed projects under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan for the purchase of new rolling stock of BDZ.
”In order for fatal accidents to occur, "When two trains collide head-on - this is a huge catastrophe," Karadjov added.
The analysis with the experts has identified three main reasons for the incident, first of all - the mass running of a red light.